WOODEN FLOOR REPAIR METHOD Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: construction industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves drilling through openings in flexure zone of floor and inserting pins into openings, with each pin upper end being preliminarily cut into two parts and length of each pin being selected such that pin length exceeds by 10 mm the distance between concrete foundation and floor lower surface; driving metal wedge 6 into cut portion of floor by hammer or extension. As a result forked end of each pin is expanded so that both its halves penetrate deep into floor wood to form floor support, which prevents floor from flexure. Upper part of opening is closed by plug. EFFECT: efficient and simplified method. 1 dwg